Chris Labosky Named to CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District Men's Track & Field/Cross Country Team

Chris Labosky. (photo by David Silverman, DSPics.com)

Jun 03, 2010

Recent Yale Graduate Honored for Academics, Preparing
for NCAAs

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -Chris Labosky '10
has been selected to the 2010 CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine
Academic All-District Men's Track & Field/Cross Country First
Team, which was announced Thursday. This is the third time Labosky
has earned this award, and he now advances to the ballot for
CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American honors.

Labosky, a humanities major from Branford College who is going
into teaching, was third team CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine
Academic All-American in 2008-09 and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
As part of Yale's Commencement Weekend May 22 he was honored with
Yale Athletics' Delaney Kiphuth Award, given to the male and female
student-athletes who rank highest in scholarship and have earned
two varsity awards.

Labosky was also the recipient of Yale's James Stack '61 Award,
given annually to the male and female track and field athletes who
best personify Jim Stack, the captain and leader of the 1961 team
that won the “big three” (Yale vs. Harvard vs.
Princeton), Heptagonal Championships and IC4A Championships.

Labosky is currently preparing for the NCAA Championships in the
800-meter run. He has a Yale-record time of 1:47.74 in that event,
set at NCAA Regionals. He is a two-time NCAA Regional
qualifier and two-time All-East selection in the 800.

In addition to his exploits in the 800 outdoors, Labosky also
was the Ivy League champion in the 1,000-meter run indoors this
season and was the 2009 Yale cross country team captain. Labosky,
who has also earned All-Academic honors from the USTFCCCA, was
Yale's No. 2 runner at Heps and NCAA Regionals in cross country in
2007.

Labosky was also All-East and part of a school record
performance in the 4x800-meter relay at indoor IC4As in 2008. He
was a two-time second team All-Ivy honoree in that event.

Labosky is a native of Tallmadge, Ohio, and attended Tallmadge
High.

Voting for the All-District teams was done by members of CoSIDA
(College Sports Information Directors of America). Labosky was one
of 10 first-team honorees for District 1. Nominees for the award
must be key contributors to their varsity team while also
maintaining a grade-point average of at least 3.30. There are eight
districts throughout the country, and first team All-District
selections are eligible to be selected as CoSIDA/ESPN The
Magazine Academic All-Americans. That award will be announced
on June 22.